ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
ʻAkilisi Pōhiva | |
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Pōhiva in 2016 | |
| 16th Prime Minister of Tonga | |
| In office 30 December 2014 – 12 September 2019 | |
| Monarch | Tupou VI |
| Deputy | Siaosi Sovaleni Semisi Sika |
| Preceded by | Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō |
| Succeeded by | Semisi Sika (acting) Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 20 January 2018 – 12 September 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Siaosi Sovaleni |
| Succeeded by | Semisi Sika (Acting) |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 4 January 2011 – 13 January 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō |
| Preceded by | Viliami Tangi |
| Succeeded by | ‘Uliti Uata |
| Member of the Tongan Parliament for Tongatapu 1 | |
| In office 26 November 2010 – 12 September 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Siaosi Pōhiva |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samiuela ʻAkilisi Pōhiva 7 April 1941 Fakakakai, Haʻapai, Tonga |
| Died | 12 September 2019 (aged 78) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Political party | Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands |
| Other political affiliations | Human Rights and Democracy Movement (before 2010) |
| Spouse |
Neomai Tuitupou Pōhiva
(died 2018) |
| Alma mater | University of the South Pacific |
Samiuela ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (7 April 1941 – 12 September 2019) was a Tongan pro-democracy activist and politician. A key leader of the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands (DPFI), he served as the Prime Minister of Tonga from 2014 to his death in 2019. He was only the fourth commoner to serve as Prime Minister (after Shirley Baker in the 1880s, Siosateki Tonga in the 1890s and Feleti Sevele in the 2000s), and the first commoner to be elected to that position by Parliament rather than appointed by the King.